life, die a substitutionary death, and defeat Satan, sin, and death through His victorious resurrection. This was work that only He could do, and He knew that He could do it faithfully and fully. Everywhere He went huge crowds followed, made up of people with all sorts of maladies. His work to declare and demonstrate the love and power of God was massive in scope. And, it’s not like there were a ton of people signing up to be on Jesus’ leadership team—at least not at the outset, and certainly not